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TORONTO – Goaltender James Reimer and the Toronto Maple Leafs have avoided arbitration with a new two-year contract worth US$4.6 million.

The Leafs confirmed the deal in a release Friday.

Reimer, a restricted free agent, and the Leafs were scheduled to go to arbitration on Monday. Instead he will get $2.6 million next season and $2 million in 2015-16. His salary will count for $2.3 million against the cap.

Reimer lost the starting job in Toronto to Jonathan Bernier last season, but was forced into service with Toronto’s playoff hopes on the line when Bernier suffered a knee injury that ended his season.